Camel Calculator - How Many Camels Am I Worth?

Tips for taking the camel calculator quiz

There's no wrong way to play, but a few tips make it more fun. First, answer for one specific person — yourself, your boyfriend, your girlfriend, or a friend — rather than mixing people mid-quiz. Second, be honest-ish: exaggerating every slider to 10 gives everyone the same inflated herd, and where's the fun in that? Third, take it twice — once rating yourself and once letting your partner rate you — and compare the two camel counts. The gap between self-image and partner-image is usually where the biggest laughs live.

What the 18 questions measure

The quiz walks you through three slider sections. Appearance covers age, height, physique, hair, eyes and smile. Personality covers humor, intelligence, kindness, confidence and ambition. Talents & life skills covers cooking, languages, hidden talents, education, career and general resourcefulness. Each answer adds or subtracts points, which are converted into camels at the end, with a pinch of randomness so no two runs feel identical.

Remember: it's a joke, not a judgment

The camel calculator is a parody of the ancient idea that wealth could be counted in livestock. It is not a real valuation of any human being, and it doesn't reflect any real practice today. If your camel count comes out lower than your best friend's, the only correct response is a rematch. You can read more about the real history behind the joke or check the FAQ for common questions.

More ways to play

Rating a specific someone? Jump straight in with the girlfriend calculator or the boyfriend calculator — same quiz, right mode pre-selected. For the full head-to-head experience, the couple test compares two scores on one screen, and the reverse camel calculator decodes any number you throw at it.